The Conversation, 2/19/2025
By the same token, the contrast between Knebel’s fictional president and Trump highlights a key difference between their respective historical and political eras.
In Night of Camp David, the president ultimately makes a decision that shows him to be weirdly scrupulous and patriotic, despite his hunger for a new world order. One simply can’t imagine such a scenario under Trump.
Hollenbach, for all of his delusions and grandiosity, still sees himself as acting in the nation’s best interest – however warped or dangerous his vision may be. Trump, on the other hand, operates with ruthless, transactional logic, focused above all on his power and survival.
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